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1974 Dutch rations gasoline

1945 U.S. wartime rationing of gasoline and fuel oil ends

1942 Gasoline rationed in US

1942 Gasoline rationing using coupons begins

1942 Gasoline 1st rationed in U.S. (17 Eastern States)

1941 Franklin D. Roosevelt bans selling benzine/gasoline to Japan

1936 Aviation gasoline 1st produced commercially Paulsboro, New Jersey

1923 Ethyl gasoline 1st marketed, Dayton, Ohio

1921 Skeezix, of "Gasoline Alley" discovered on Wallets' doorstep

1919 "Gasoline Alley" cartoon strip premieres in Chicago Tribune

1919 Oregon is 1st state to tax gasoline (1 cent per gallon)

1913 1st drive-up gasoline station opens (Pitts)

1885 1st gasoline pump is delivered to a gasoline dealer (Ft. Wayne, Ind)

1883 Frank O King, Cashton Wisconsin, cartoonist, Gasoline Alley

1872 George B Brayton patents gasoline powered engine


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